Reed Morano Quotes

Filming is like a house, you have to feel comfortable in it.

Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.

I always loved experimenting in film.

You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting.

In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.

I think making a good film shot is joyful.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

Directing, editing, and everything about filmmaking has definitely changed me as an actor.

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

Whether you're shooting in India or on the Death Star, you're doing human drama.

The experience of shooting a film is about the script, the captain of the ship who is the director, and the way they push their actors and teams to give their best. It's not about the language and the region.

I am interested in all aspects of filmmaking, so I have an opinion on every aspect, so sound design, score, cinematography, editing - all that stuff I have experience doing myself, so I had a very strong idea of what I wanted, and I got, for the most part, people that were able to articulate that idea, which was nice.

Making realistic films is basically about the style.

I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don't know how to light it. And I realize it's because I didn't grow up with light. I grew up in tenements.

First of all, in the old days, if you wanted to show someone getting shot on film, all you could do was place an effect in the original take. And if you wanted to brighten somebody's face and leave the rest of the room dark, that was a very expensive process.

I'm in total awe of the technique of great film people. Because if you get your emotional life up to perfection by miracle on Take One, you better have a technique to keep doing it again and again and again.

I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

I love having 30 shots of every scene.

I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

For a lot of my childhood, I didn't want to direct movies because I didn't really know what directing was.

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.

I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.

I really love diving in, head first, with directing and not having to worry about hair, makeup or lines.